WORKING CONDITIONS 12.01 It is understood that a Casual Occasional Teacher shall be offered an assignment of one-half (1/2) day, two-thirds (2/3) day or a full day. 12.02 Each Occasional Teacher shall have available a daily lunch period of not less than forty (40) uninterrupted and consecutive minutes free from supervision, teaching, or other assigned duties. 12.03 Effective the date of ratification by both parties, the timetable for an Occasional Teacher shall be the same as the timetable of the teacher who is being replaced. In the case of casual supply, normally that will not include yard duty prior to the commencement of class on the first morning of an assignment or prior to the commencement of the afternoon class on the first day if it is a half-day afternoon assignment. 12.04 When an Occasional Teacher substitutes for a teacher who is receiving a travel allowance and travel time, the Occasional Teacher shall receive, in accordance with the Employer’s procedure, reimbursement at the Employer’s current per kilometer rate and the same travel time as provided for the teacher being replaced. 12.05 The Employer shall not require any Occasional Teacher to perform any medical or physical procedure on any pupil that might in any way endanger the safety or well being of the pupil or subject the Occasional Teacher to risk, injury or liability for negligence. 12.06 When a Professional Development Day falls within a Long Term Occasional Assignment, the occasional teacher shall be paid for that day provided they participate in the activities for the day and it shall be considered as part of the current assignment. A Professional Development Day shall not interrupt the continuity of an Occasional Teacher assignment. 12.07 When an Occasional Teacher accepts a pre-arranged daily assignment such assignment will not be cancelled by the Occasional Teacher within seventy-two (72) hours preceding the commencement of the assignment in order to accept a different daily assignment or accept an assignment in another school board jurisdiction unless agreed to by the Board. 12.08 When a Long Term Occasional teaching assignment is completed prior to the required date for report cards to be submitted, the Occasional Teacher may be assigned to assist with the completion of these report cards. In such an event, the Occasional Teacher shall be paid for the time to complete the report cards, up to a maximum of three (3) days. The rate of pay shall be the rate the Occasional Teacher received during the long term teaching assignment.
Safe Working Conditions The Employer undertakes to maintain office furniture, equipment, etc., in a practical and safe condition in order to avoid injury to employees or damage to their attire. Employees, for their part and in their own interest, are expected to advise the Employer of any such potentially injurious equipment.
Unsafe Working Conditions Employees shall be recognized by the Employer to have the competence to determine what constitutes unsafe working conditions within their discipline. No employee shall be disciplined for refusal to work in a situation which is deemed unsafe beyond the reasonable requirements of the employee's job.
Qualifying Conditions In addition to any other compensation earned, any employee who is on the payroll of the Company on any of the foregoing recognized statutory holidays will be granted eight (8) hours' pay at the straight time rate of the employee's regular job, subject to compliance with all of the conditions (a) to (f) set forth below: (a) The employee must have been on the payroll for not less than the sixty (60) days just preceding the holiday and must have previously qualified for a statutory holiday as provided in (d) below, and (b) The employee must have worked at least one (1) day during the sixty (60)- day qualifying period just preceding the holiday, and (c) The employee must have worked their scheduled work day before, and their scheduled work day after, such holiday, unless failure to work their scheduled work day before or after the holiday was due to any of the following events: (i) When the employee is on their regular authorized paid vacation; (ii) When the employee is unable to work by reason of an industrial accident as recognized by the Workers' Compensation Board or non-occupational sickness or injury; (iii) When the operation in which the employee is engaged is curtailed or discontinued by the decision of the Company and which curtailment or discontinuance changes or eliminates the employee's scheduled work day before, or their scheduled work day after, such holiday; (iv) When a trade in shifts agreed upon between employees and approved in advance by the company results in a temporary change of the scheduled work day before, or the scheduled work day after, the holiday, provided the employee works the shift agreed upon; (v) When the employee is on a leave of absence authorized by the Company. (d) The employee who has been on the payroll for at least sixty (60) days but who has not previously qualified for a statutory holiday will qualify for the holiday if he has worked a minimum of one hundred eighty (180) hours during the sixty (60)- day qualifying period just preceding the holiday and meets the requirements of (b) and (c) above. (e) Time lost as the result of an accident as recognized by the Workers' Compensation Board, suffered during the course of employment, or time lost as a result of non-occupational sickness or injury shall be considered as time worked for the purpose of qualifying for a recognized paid holiday, it being understood that the employee will only be entitled to this credit for time while on Workers' Compensation or non-occupational sickness or injury for a period of up to but not exceeding one (1) year from the date of their sickness or injury. (f) It is understood and agreed, however, that an employee shall not receive the above provided holiday pay if they have agreed to work on such holiday and fails or refuses to work, except in the case where bona fide sickness, or other bona fide reason approved by the Company, prevents them working on such holiday.
TEACHING CONDITIONS The parties recognize that optimum school facilities for both student and teacher are desirable to insure the high quality of education that is the goal of both the Association and the Board. It is also acknowledged that the primary duty and responsibility of the teacher is to teach and that the organization of the school and school day should be directed toward ensuring that the energy of the teacher is primarily utilized to this end.